Schedule Management 20Q Test

This is a randomized 20-question test on Schedule Management KA of PMBoK

Question 1 of 20

The outcome of sequence activities is

1. Project activity diagram

2. Activity list

3. Project network diagram

4. Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)

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Question 2 of 20

1. What is the closest description of the network diagram above?

2. It is a network diagram depicting a critical path

3. It is a network diagram depicting a critical chain.

4. It is an incomplete network diagram

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Question 3 of 20

Which of the following statement is TRUE with respect to the relationship between scope and activity definition

1. Scope base line is an input to defining activities

2. Activity definition and scope base line have no relationship at all

3. WBS is part of scope base line and activities are part of WBS base line.

4. Defining activities is a pre-requisite to base lining scope

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Question 4 of 20

In a circus, there is a stunt involving swinging. There are many swingers whose legs are anchored to the swing and their hands are free for stunts. There are free swingers who perform many stunts and swing between these Anchored swingers. One unit of activity of an anchored swinger starts by holding the free swinger, continues with performing the stunts and then finishes with the anchored swinger leaving the contact of free swinger. There is a dependency in this scenario that one anchored swinger can leave the contact of the free swinger only after another anchored swinger holds the free swinger. This dependency between the activities of anchored swingers is of type

1. FF

2. SF

3. FS

4. SS

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Question 5 of 20

Tom is leading a project which is in the planning phase. And based on statistical samplings, he has determined that for a specific case, the optimistic duration estimate is 4 days, most likely estimate is 7 days and the pessimistic estimate is 9 days. What would be the 3-point estimate according to triangular distribution?

1. 7.5 days

2. 7 days

3. 6.7 days

4. 6.5 days

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Question 6 of 20

lease refer to the network diagram above. In this network diagram, the Late Start and Late Finish for task B are –

1. 6, 11

2. 5, 10

3. 11,16

4. 3, 8

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Question 7 of 20

Backward pass is a method

1. To determine the float of each task in the critical path

2. To determine the late start and late finish of each task in the network diagram

3. To determine the late start and late finish of only the tasks in the critical path

4. To determine the early start and early finish of all the tasks in the network diagram

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Question 8 of 20

Please refer to the network diagram above. In this network diagram, the Early Start and Early Finish for task C are –

1. 1,7

2. 11, 16

3. 9, 14

4. 6, 11

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Question 9 of 20

Please refer to the network diagram above. In this network diagram, the float for task D is

1. 2 days

2. 6 days

3. 4 days

4. 8 days

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Question 10 of 20

10.

Barry is a project manager in Stoc Advisaries Inc. He is currently involved in a major upgrade to their customer facing application stock-advise. While estimating the resources, he is identifying the resources for activities at the leaf nodes of the activity breakdown structure and then aggregating the resources at summary activities and then at the project level. What estimation method is Barry likely to be using:

1. Analogous estimation

2. Parametric estimation

3. Bottom up estimation

4. Top down estimation

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Question 11 of 20

11.

Please refer to the above network diagram. The diagram indicates that between task B and task C

1. Task C must start 5 days before the finish of task B

2. A lag of 5 days has been introduced for the start of task C

3. Task C must start before 5 days after the finish of task B

4. There is a lead of 5 days

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Question 12 of 20

12.

Please refer to the network diagram above. In this network diagram, the critical path is –

1. A-D-G-H

2. A-B-C-H

3. A-E-F-G-H

4. A-E-F-H

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Question 13 of 20

13.

Which of the following statements is true about Critical paths

1. The length of the critical path indicates the maximum time that the project can take to complete

2. The Activity on node diagram of a project can have only one critical path

3. A critical path has the longest duration in the network diagram

4. A critical path will always have zero float

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Question 14 of 20

14.

An estimation method uses the following formula

Estimate = (O + M + P) / 3

Where

O = Optimistic Estimate

M = Most likely estimate

P = Pessimistic estimate

This method is of the following type among estimation methodologies:

1. 3 point estimate with triangular distribution

2. Parametric estimation because it uses a formula

3. 3 point estimate with PERT distribution

4. Statistical estimation because is uses likelihoods

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Question 15 of 20

15.

Please refer to the network diagram above. In this network diagram, the free float for task D is

1. 6 days

2. 2 days

3. 8 days

4. 4 days

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Question 16 of 20

16.

Tom is leading a project which is in the planning phase. And based on statistical samplings, he has determined that for a specific case, the optimistic duration estimate is 4 days, most likely estimate is 8 days and the pessimistic estimate is 12 days. What would be the 3-point estimate according to Beta distribution?

1. 6.7 days

2. 7 days

3. 6.83 days

4. 8 days

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Question 17 of 20

17.

The PERT estimate of duration for a task is 12 days which has an optimistic estimate of 6 days and a most likely estimate of 10 days. What is the pessimistic estimate?

1. 14 days

2. 26 days

3. 18 days

4. 16 days

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Question 18 of 20

18.

In a circus, there is a stunt involving swinging. There are many swingers whose legs are anchored to the swing and their hands are free for stunts. There are free swingers who perform many stunts and swing between these Anchored swingers. One unit of activity of an anchored swinger starts by holding the free swinger, continues with performing the stunts and then finishes with the anchored swinger leaving the contact of free swinger. There is a dependency in this scenario that an anchored swinger can start his stunt by holding the hand of the free swinger only after the previous anchored swinger has left the hands of the free swinger. This dependency between the activities of anchored swingers is of type

1. SF

2. FF

3. SS

4. FS

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Question 19 of 20

19.

Which of the statements is true about fast tracking?

1. In a fast tracking method, employees are motivated to work harder and faster so that the project completion is fast tracked.

2. In a fast tracking method, the float of each task is leveraged to fast track the project.

3. Additional resources are allocated to tasks in the critical path so that the duration of the tasks and hence the whole project is fast tracked

4. In a fast tracking method, the discretionary dependencies are re-examined to exploit inherent parallelism among activities

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Question 20 of 20

20.

Please refer to the network diagram above. In this network diagram, the free float for task D is

1. 8 days

2. 4 days

3. 6 days

4. 2 days

Question 20 of 20